There are many people whom the editors wish to thank for help and support in writing this book and the work that lead to it; too many for us to list them all individually. However, some deserve to be singled out. Firstly, Adam Hyde of SourceFabric who first introduced us to the idea of a book sprint and through whose able facilitation our book sprint was enjoyable and productive. Without Adam’s interventions it is doubtful whether this book would exist. R. John Robertson is in some ways the missing member of the editorial team, he worked with JISC CETIS supporting the OER Programmes until early 2012 and left behind a wealth of material on which we drew for several chapters. For this we thank him. We also wish to thank Terry McAndrew, of JISC TechDis for stepping in to fill a gap in our knowledge and writing the chapter on accessibility, and Lynne Stuart our graphic designer and illustrator. Likewise also thanks to all who worked on UK OER Programme projects and support services, particularly David Kernohan for leading JISC input into the OER Progamme, Lou McGill and Helen Beetham for their work on Programme synthesis and evaluation and Naomi Korn for legal guidance. We thank those who contributed the commentary and opinions that accompany this book.

We are grateful to JISC for their financial support for the book sprint and for their understanding in allowing us to experiment with this approach to synthesis and writing. We also thank them, along with the HE Academy and HEFCE for supporting and funding the OER Programmes over three years.